Michael Calnan | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 17 February 1993 –17 September 1997 | |
| Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | County Cork,Ireland |
| Died | 21 October 2025 Cork,Ireland |
| Party | Labour Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Michael McCarthy (cousin) |
| Alma mater | University College Cork |
Michael Calnan (died 21 October 2025) was an Irish Labour Party politician from County Cork. He was a senator from 1993 to 1997. [1]
A teacher and vice principal of the Maria Immaculata Secondary school in Dunmanway,he attended University College Cork where he obtained a B.A,H.dip Ed,and a master's degree.[ citation needed ] He was a long-serving member of Cork County Council for the Skibbereen electoral area. [2] He was chairman of the council from 1988 to 1989 and 1992 to 1993, [3] and stepped down at the 1999 local elections. [2]
Calnan stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Cork South-West constituency on three occasions,at the February 1982,1992,and 1997 general elections. After his 1992 defeat,he stood in the 1993 elections to the 20th Seanad,winning a seat on the Agricultural Panel. [4] He did not contest the 1997 Seanad elections. [5]
His cousin is the former Labour TD for Cork South-West Michael McCarthy. [6]